Layoffs at big companies are so common now that it is novel when a day goes by without Microsoft (MSFT), Caterpillar (CAT), or Macy’s (MC) letting thousands of people go. There are…
According to Reuters, Obama has dropped the idea of appointing a “car czar”. Reuters reports that Japan’s GDP is dropping at an annual rate of over 13%. Reuters reports that the Administration…
Visa, Inc. (NYSE: V) has posted very pleasing earnings, one of the few bits of good news in the financial sector. The credit card processing giant earned $0.78 EPS on an adjusted…
If you hadn’t gotten your full round of pre-weekend economic gloom, famed investor Julian Robertson of Tiger Management just gave an interview with CNBC’s Erin Burnett. He is cautious about what lies…
These are some of the top downgrades and negative research calls we have seen from Wall Street analysts this Friday morning: AbitibiBowater (ABH) Cut to Underperform at Raymond James. Amcore Financial (AMFI)…
KeyBanc is lowering estimates and price targets for payment processors, including MasterCard (NYSE: MA) and Visa (NYSE: V). The firm said they are taking a far more cautious approach than the Street…
According to Reuters, GM (GM) and Chrysler have asked the government for $10 billion to close their merger. Reuters reports that Boeing (BA) and its machinists have entered into a tentative labor…
These are some of the top analyst upgrades we are seeing in early hours of pre-market trading this Tuesday morning: AON Corp. (AOC) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs Bank Of America…
The new top dog among the IPO universe we follow for 2008 is now IPC The Hospitalist Company, Inc. (NASDAQ: IPCM). Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) had been in that position with the…
These are some of the top analyst calls we are seeing this Tuesday morning: Comverge (COMV) started as Buy at Jefferies. Salesforce.com (CRM) Raised to Buy at Citigroup. Visa (V) started as…
Credit card clearing and processing giant Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) just posted earnings with an adjusted $0.59 EPS on $1.6 Billion in revenues. First Call had estimates pegged at $0.48 EPS on…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are some of the analyst upgrades and positive calls we are seeing early this Tuesday morning: Aeropostale (ARO) Started as Buy at Goldman Sachs. Amgen (AMGN) Raised to Buy at Citigroup.…
Wall St. cheered what seemed to be withering results from Washington Mutual (WM) and Wachovia (WB). WaMu lost $3.3 billion and reserved $3.7 billion to handle loan losses. Wachovia lost $9 billion…
IPO’s have been much lower in numbers of late because of current market conditions. But companies that came public have still managed to see their share of winners with the likes of…
These are not all of the analyst calls affecting shares but these are ten that we are focused on this Thursday morning: Annaly Mortgage (NYSE: NLY) cut to Hold at Citigroup. CommScope…
